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Nature 439, 768-769 (16 February 2006) | doi:10.1038/439768a; Published online 15 February 2006

US space scientists rage over axed projects

Tony Reichhardt

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Critics say proposed cuts will devastate the field.

Proposed cuts to NASA's science budget have unleashed a storm of anger from US astronomers and planetary researchers, who say the reductions would cause irreparable harm and drive young people from the field.Under a NASA budget unveiled on 6 February (see Nature 439, 644; 2006), growth in science spending between 2007 and 2010 would be slashed by 17%.